Cultural Identity Wrap Up

Salad Bowl vs Melting Pot

I have learned that in the United States today; the trend is toward multiculturalism, not assimilation. The old "melting pot" figure is giving way to new figures such as "salad bowl" and "mosaic", mixtures of various ingredients that keep their individual characteristics. Immigrant populations within the United States are not being blended together in one "pot", but rather they are transforming American Society into a truly multicultural mosaic. The American mosaic is one of different cultures and regional identities, each with unique characteristics and flavors. Americans often think of themselves not only as coming from a particular ethnic heritage, but also of being part of a geographical region. Understanding these regional characteristics and flavors is an excellent way to get to know Americans. 

Cultural Identity – Wrap up Monica

Do you have or have not cultural identity?

      Does everybody have a Cultural Identity? Well, my personal answer is no. We can be in this world without roots and be citizens of any part without specific origin or when you really don’t know where place you are, but at the same time this is a little sad, when you have a cultural identity and you are proud of that, just enjoy it and be free to show it. Have a cultural identity is like you are in an exclusive club and that is cool, does not? For me be a Latin girl, who speak Spanish, who enjoy the arepas and Colombian Tamales (traditional Colombian food) and we love our Juan Valdez coffee with our Conchita his mule, it is the best feeling you can have in the world and more when you know somebody in the street of any place in the world and he/she says, I am from Colombia, I am paisa too (person who is from Medellin-Colombia). So doesn’t matter if you are Hindu, Buddhist, Catholic, white, Asian, African American continue with your traditions, don’t be afraid, and just have a open mind of other heritages that is nice to know and have friends from all around the world.

Cultural Identity Wrap Up

GLOBALIZATION VS AMERICANIZATION

Globalization is not the same with Americanization. Globalization is the psychological transformation that’s affecting people everywhere, in every country in every city. The globalization attach all the things that the people use and have in every country of all the world like the communication that all the people have with internet, cellphones and mails, another thing is sports such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, etc. Now all the people play in every part of the world and they never will forget it. Americanization is the transformation that affects people in United States, Americanization are the customs, characteristics and behaviors that the people learn in this country like eat in Mc Donald’s, listen music such as Madonna, Usher, Selena Gomez, etc. And other example is buy things at mega-malls. All those things are the reasons because globalization is not the same with Americanization.

my culture

The culture of Pakistan includes various different cultures and societies of different ethnic backgrounds. In northern Pakistan there exists the Dardic, Wakhi and Burusho communities, the west comprises of the Baluch and the Pakhtoon, in eastern Pakistan there are the Muhajir and the Makarani communities and lastly in the east there are the Punjabis, Kashmiris and the Sindhis. The Pakistani culture is a mixture of all these cultures and ethnicities which have been significantly affected by the cultures of the neighboring countries including Turkish people, Persians, Afghans, Indians, the Southern and Central Asian Countries and of course for religious reasons the Middle East.

hi every body, this is my poster and i tried to add some pictures which are related to pop culture. the pictures which i chooses are somehow popular in Iran.

this is mohamad reza shah, the last king of iran. i haven't see him because when i was born he was  gone because people at that time thought that they don't need king and they want to be republic. however now they miss their kings and they think maybe they shouldn't make the revolution. these days in iran people especially young generation want to make a change and they are not happy with their father's decision.       

you can also see a pic of mahmood ahmadinejad and obama with different views. 

and there is a picture of people on strike and they are asking for their vote(president election)

then you can see a persian cat. she is so cute, one of my favorites animals:)

(ahoora mazda)

it is a tattoo of iranian old religion still a lot of people believe it.

there is a picture from olympic. i like it because it is about people and sport. it is kind of pure whiteout any political tag!

also a peace sign which belongs to the election strike. 

and finally some pictures from historical places which are beautiful and great and you can find a lot of them in iran (most famous on is pasargad) 

and some famous actor and actores which are known in the world now.

Asghar farhady(sepration)

golshifteh farahani(singer and actores)

that is my picture i am from iran and i love people from all over the world:)

nigerian culture

i choose this picture becaause fela is an african revoluntary and fought for his people and continent

this portrays the way african and nigerian women dress

Feature Culture of China

 Between Tibetan culture and Chinese traditional culture has deep connection. But also has big difference. Tibetan culture is a special branch.Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the highest region on earth, with an average elevation of 4900M(16000ft).

The Potala Palace is one of the most famous building in Tibet, and also the symbol of Tibet. The Potala Palace is all the Tibetan worship to the holy land.

Lake Namtso is the famous highland lake in Tibet. Tibetan will take a bath in here.

Lama believe in Tibetan Buddhism. Lama twirls prayer wheel wears red cape recites the scriptures.